Method and apparatus for simultaneous acquisition of multiple examination data

摘要

Disclosed is an image acquisition workstation including a multiple examination mode. In the multiple examination mode, a user selects an anatomical view or procedure prior to acquiring data. When the image data is acquired, the acquired data is stored in a data structure related to the selected procedure or anatomical view. As the user selects a procedure or anatomical view prior to each data acquisition, the image acquisitions can be acquired in any order.

主权项

1. A method for acquiring and organizing image data comprising:
(a) selecting multiple different imaging procedures for imaging multiple different anatomies of a subject from a list of different imaging procedures to associate with respective multiple image data sets; (b) selecting multiple different folders in which to place respective multiple image data sets from the selected multiple different imaging procedures; (c) acquiring the multiple different image data sets by performing the selected multiple different imaging procedures; (d) reviewing the acquired multiple different image data sets from the respective the selected multiple different imaging procedures and associating the acquired multiple different image data sets with the corresponding selected multiple different imaging procedures by moving at least one of the acquired multiple different image data sets from one folder to another folder; and (e) repeating at least steps (c)-(d) until multiple different image data sets are acquired for reconstructing an image associated with each of the selected multiple different imaging procedures, wherein each of the multiple different image data sets are stored in one of the folders.